Paper bag.



J. PERRY.

PAPER BAG. APPLICATION FILED JULY 11. 1am.

Patented Mar. 25', 1919.

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UNITED STAS; rA'rE orrrcn.

JAMES PERRY, 0F SOMERVILLE, MASSACHUSETTS.

PAPER- BAG.

i To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that 1, JAMES PERRY, a citizen of the United States, residing at Somerin the county of Middlesex and State of Massachusetts, have invented new and useful Improvements in Paper Bags, of which e following is a specification.

Thi invention relates to an improved paper bag which can be constructed from paper bag tube.

The object of the invention is to save paper in the manufacture of that class of bags which, when opened out,-are rectangultr in cross section and have a flat bottom thereto.

The invention consists of a paper bag such as is described in the following specification and particularly set forth in the claim.

Referring to the drawings:

Figure 1 is a paper bag tube flattened in position for storing or for shipment, and em- Fig. 2 is a perspectiveview of the same showing the tube partly unfolded and broken away to save space in the drawings.

i 1 but Fig. 3 is a plan view similar to Fig. showing the bag completed by folding over oneportion thereof on the otherand attachin the parts together by adhesive material.

%ig. 4 is a perspective view of the bag completed and opened out ready to be filled.

Like numerals refer to like parts throughout the several views of the drawings.

In the drawings, 5 is the obverse portion of the paper bag, 6 the reverse portion of the same. and 8 are the" side portions which, when the bag is collapsed or partly collapsed, form a V 9. It will be noted that at one end of the tube the reverse portion 6 extends beyond the obverse portion, while at the opposite end of the tube the obverse portion extends beyond the reverse portion,bu't in both cases the side portions 7 and 8 termi nate intermediate the .ends of the reverse and obverse portions of the bag tube.

By this construction a length of paper tubing; having an obverse portion and a reverse portion and side portions foded therebetween may be cut up into sec ions, each adapted to form a bag, without any waste ofmaterial. i

To complete the bag the part of the reverse portion which extends beyond the obverse portion and terminates in t Specification of Letters Patent.

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Patented Mar. 25 1919.

Application flied July 11, 1917. Serial No. 179,821.

Fig 1, together with thoseparts of the side portlons 7 and 8 which are included between the end A of the reverse portion and the end edge B of the obverse portion are covered with adhesive material and folded over upon the obverse portion 5 along the end edge and are attached thereto by said adhesive material, so that when the bag is opened out as illustrated in Fig. 4:, the bottom 10 thereof will be tight so that none of the contents can sift through between the bottom and sides of the bag.

The saving in material obtained by my improved bag is made possible on account of the fact that the side portions terminating between the ends of the obverse and reverse portions, said side portions and reverse portion can be folded over on the end edge B of the obverse portion and attached to said obverse portion, character heretofore manufactured, the bag is folded along a line approximately located at. C. Thus in forming the bag a quantity of paper equal to twice the distance between the end edge B and line C is saved when a bag is constructed in accordance with my lnventlon.

- Having thus described my invention, what I claim and desire by Letters Patent to se cure is: h

A bag comprising a sheet of paper folded to form an obverse portion, a reverse portion and two side portions,

other to form a V between said obverse and reverse portions, said reverse portion at one end thereof extendin beyond said obverse portion and said si e portions terminating intermediate the ends of said obverse and reverse portions, the portions of said reverse portion and said side portions which extend beyondsaid obverse portion being folded over upon said obverse portion along the end edge thereof therefor, .the end of said obverse portion terminating along the line of. fold.

said side portions be- In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand in presence of two subscribing witnesses. 1

. J AMES PERRY. Witnesses:

SYDNEY EJTAFT, CHARLES S. Gooonm, 

